Thursday, December 29, 2011 -- Well we left Terra Haute, IN this morning at 8:30, but within 10 miles or so we were in Central Time Zone. So we gained an hour.

We are at Miami, OK. This is about 5 miles or so from the Missouri/Oklahoma State Line. We arrived here at 3:30 p.m. and it was 67 degrees and sunny. We drove 491 miles today, 8 hrs of driving.

We left home this morning at 7:55 a.m. and stopped for Breakfast at Milan. Not far, but left on a full stomach. We are stopped for the night at Terra Haute, IN. We arrived at 2:30 p.m. We wanted to drive further today, but any campground in Illinois on Route 70 was closed this time of the year. So we stopped here at a KOA.

We seen a sign in Terra Haute that "This is the birthplace of the Coca Cola Bottle". The root glass company made the first contour bottle. Ok, enough history.

Well this was suppose to be the first day on the road. Because of the snow arriving we didn't leave. So we will leave tomorrow morning.

Well here we are looking at three weeks and we will leave for Arizona. After seeing the snow and cold this morning it makes you want to go. I will never be anxious to leave the family.

We arrived home on April 3, 2011 at noon. The kids and grandkids had been checking off and on about our whereabouts. The question on Sunday morning -- about when would you be home. LOL Because of "Alice" we knew we would be home at 12:02 p.m.

After pulling in the driveway it wasn't but a little bit and Jessica and Max was at the house, Laura shortly after, and Sheri's notified us they were at Bunton and Willis Road. Very happy homecoming.

It was great to be home. The next night was birthday party for TJ, he turned 17 years young.

We have arrived in MICHIGAN!!!!

We brought route 24 from Ft. Wayne, Indiana across to Ohio 475 and then up to US 23.